Winboat is a new technology to run Windows apps on Linux. If the developers can deliver, this will be a game changer.

If you’re curious about the novelty of running Windows apps on your Chromebook, or perhaps you’re desperately trying to run an oft-used favorite app, keep reading. What is Crossover?

Wine is an open source project that, on the face of it, seems to offer something wondrous: the ability to run Windows applications under Linux (or any other open source OS). It does this by ...

Actually, you don’t need CrossOver Linux to run Windows applications on Linux. You can do it with Wine alone — if you know exactly what you’re doing. What CrossOver brings to the table is ...

Xandros is giving users one more reason to try Linux on the desktop—with applications that mimic Windows' ease of use and interface.

The Linux distributor hopes to attract desktop users to its operating system with a new edition of its software, which allows it to run Microsoft Office and other Windows applications.

No matter how easy Linux distributions make it for newcomers to install and use a free, open-source operating system, nearly everyone has at least one program that only works in Windows. Wine, a ...